MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
elearning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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